The once brilliant white sand and clear waters of Boracay Island were choking on the trash and traffic that comes from 2 million annual visitors. It reached a nadir in 2018, when Duterte closed ...

Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Supported by By Patrick Scott When the Philippine island of Boracay was in the rogues’ gallery of destinations marred by overtourism, large sections of its 2.5 ...

The RCC was based on the Comprehensive Land Use Program map of the island from 2013 to 2022. Boracay has a tourist carrying capacity of 19,215 or a daily capacity of 6,405, according to the DENR.

These are the picture perfect moments that this tourist island has promised for decades. For much of the past five years though, the number of visitors on Boracay has been greatly reduced.